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TIL Bill Gates Has Donated More Than $50 billion to Charity
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TIL the anime streaming platform Crunchyroll was first launched as an anime pirating site, and even received venture capital funding while it still allowed uploads of unlicensed content to the site.
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TIL that the T. Rex in Jurassic Park was made of two giant animatronics that cost half the film's budget, not a result of CGI
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TIL the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies hold the record for most hits in a season at 1783, yet finished in last place due to a 6.71 earned run average, which is also a record high for the modern era.
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TIL the Thousand-Year Rose, the world's oldest rose bush. Planted around 800 AD, it grows up the side of Hildesheim Cathedral in Germany
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TIL the inventor of the pool noodle never patented the idea and was later cut out by the company he worked with to manufacture it. That company now makes 70% of the world’s pool noodles.